The Discovery of Honey

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But, while The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus (c. 1499) retains Signorelli’s figure types, its forms are more softly modeled and its light is warmer, showing Piero’s mastery of the new technique of oil painting. In the Liberation of Andromeda (c. 1510–13), Piero adopts Leonardo da Vinci’s sfumato…